51st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100321298 | KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD COMBINATION - A keyboard and touchpad combination for a computer in one embodiment includes a hollow frame; a touchpad fitted in frame; a character membrane comprising printed characters; a rubber keyboard comprising raised top keys and guide stems each extending downward from the key; a brace board for positioning the rubber keyboard and comprising holes for loosely receiving the keys; a membrane circuit board comprising dome switches each corresponding to the guide stem thereabove, each dome switch including a conductive contact on a top of its inner surface, and pairs of conductive lines, each pair of the conductive lines being directly below the conductive contact; and a bottom plate. The keyboard and touchpad combination can be operated as a keyboard or a touchpad. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KEY LAYOUT AWARE SPELL CHECK - A system and method are provided for providing one or more prioritized alternative strings for a target string in a text typed on a keyboard. The method comprises: for each key on the keyboard, maintaining an adjacency mapping to each adjacent key; receiving the target string; determining whether the target string requires a correction; and if the target string does not appear in the linguistic database, presenting the one or more prioritized alternative strings, wherein the one or more prioritized alternative strings are prioritized based on the adjacency mapping. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321300 | KEYBOARD LAYOUT - A unique keyboard configuration and a keyboard form factor are provided. The keyboard configuration is formed from several keys arranged in a substantially handprint configuration on a housing. Each key is assigned more than one letter input. To actuate any one of the letter inputs assigned to a key, only a single actuation of the key is needed. Each key may be momentarily movable to more than one position, from the rest position, each position corresponding to generating a pre-assigned letter input. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321301 | Systems and methods for implementing pressure sensitive keyboards - Systems and methods for implementing pressure sensitive keys to produce digital signals that emulate actuation of conventional “momentary on” digital keys of a conventional keyboard. The pressure sensitive keys may be implemented to generate an alternating open/short digital signal representative of the amount of pressure applied to a given key at any given time. The open/short digital signal may be supplied as a signal representative of applied key pressure to a legacy keyboard key matrix and controller or other processing device of an information handling system that is configured to measure keyboard input based on “momentary-on” digital signals. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-ROMAN TEXT INPUT - An electronic device for non-Roman text input, the device comprising: a non-Roman text input module resident in the memory for execution by the microprocessor, the non-Roman text input module being configured to: provide a non-Roman text input interface for display on the output device, the interface being adapted for non-Roman text input in a first language; receive a signal representing a non-Roman text input in response to an input using the interface; determine a non-Roman character corresponding to the non-Roman text input, the non-Roman character being determined according to one or more rules for determining a compound non-Roman character based on the non-Roman text input in combination with a preceding input; and transmit a signal representing the determined non-Roman character for display on the output device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321303 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display includes displaying a representation of a user-selectable feature on the touch-sensitive display, detecting the touch on the touch-sensitive display at a first location associated with the feature, and temporarily increasing a target area of the representation after detecting the touch at the first location. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321304 | GRAPHICAL AUTHENTICATION FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A portable device includes a touch screen that includes a display screen and that generates touch screen data in response to a user's interaction with the touch screen. A processor executes a security application for authenticating the user to the portable device that provides first display data to the touch screen for displaying a security prompt on the display screen. Touch screen data is received from the touch screen in response to the user's interaction with the touch screen and is processed to determine when an authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. The user is authenticated to the portable device when the authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321305 | DRIVING AN OLED DISPLAY STRUCTURE INTEGRATED WITH A TOUCH SENSOR CONFIGURATION - Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided of driving an OLED display structure integrated with a touch sensor configuration. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321306 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE DURING COLOR SELECTION - The invention relates to a method for operating a lighting control console ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100321307 | DISPLAY TERMINAL WITH TOUCH PANEL FUNCTION AND CALIBRATION METHOD - In a state where an inappropriate calibration has been performed, adequacy of the calibration is checked with a touch to a display screen so as to resolve the inappropriate calibration state. The display terminal device includes a touch panel provided on the display screen, a touch panel driver which generates coordinate data of a touched point on the touch panel, and a control section which performs calibration of the display screen based on the coordinate data output by the touch panel driver. The control section reduces an error between the measured coordinate data of the touched point and logic coordinate data by confirming that a difference between multiple pieces of X coordinate data and a difference between multiple pieces of Y coordinate data, generated by repeated touches to the points other than the center of the touch panel, are within an allowable range. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321308 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a transparent substrate having a surface, a plurality of first touch sensor pads arrayed in a matrix on the surface, a plurality of second touch sensor pads arrayed in a matrix and staggered between the plurality of first touch sensor pads, a dielectric layer disposed upon the plurality of first touch sensor pads and the plurality of second touch sensor pads, a plurality of third touch sensor pads arrayed in a matrix on the dielectric layer, and a plurality of fourth touch sensor pads arrayed in a matrix on the dielectric layer and staggered between the plurality of third touch sensor pads. Each first touch sensor pad includes a first hollowed-out pattern, and each third touch sensor pad includes a second hollowed-out pattern and a solid portion formed around the second hollowed-out pattern, wherein a portion of the solid portion of each third touch sensor pad and a portion of the hollowed-out pattern of the first touch sensor pad overlap. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321309 | TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH MODULE - A touch screen including a display, at least two touch units and a control unit is provided. The display has a displaying surface. The touch units are disposed beside the displaying surface. Each of the touch units includes a light source and an image sensor. The light source is adapted to emit a light beam toward a sensible space in front of the displaying surface. The image sensor is adapted to capture the bright spot in the sensible space, and generate an image signal. The control unit is electrically connected to the light sources and the image sensors. The control unit is adapted to receive the image signals from the image sensors, and determine the position of the bright spot relative to the displaying surface according to the image signals. A touch module and a control method are also provided. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321310 | BRIGHTNESS CONTROLLABLE ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE WITH TACTILE SENSOR SENSING INTENSITY OF FORCE OR INTENSITY OF PRESSURE, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME, MOBILE TERMINAL KEYPAD HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an electroluminescence device capable of controlling the brightness thereof based on the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure. The electroluminescence device includes a substrate at least a part of which is transparent; a first electrode formed on the bottom face of the substrate; an emission layer formed underneath the first electrode; a second electrode formed underneath the emission layer; a tactile sensor formed underneath the second electrode and sensing the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure; and a controller connected to the tactile sensor and adjusting a variation in electric field between the first and second electrodes based on the output of the tactile sensor to control the brightness of light emitted from the emission layer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321311 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A system for displaying images including a touch display panel is provided. The touch display panel includes a first substrate. An electrode array is disposed on the first substrate, and the electrode array includes a first touch area. A first common electrode layer is disposed on the electrode array. A first dielectric layer is disposed between the electrode array and the first common electrode layer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321312 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING TOUCH SIGNAL IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method for processing a touch signal in a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal using the same are disclosed, wherein the method comprises: detecting a shaking of a mobile terminal by using a mobile terminal shaking detection sensor within a predetermined time from a touched time while a touch screen is being touched; and outputting an output signal based on the detected shaking. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321313 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a pointer detection apparatus, including: a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction; a multi-frequency signal production circuit configured to produce a plurality of signals of different frequencies; a first conductor selection circuit configured to selectively supply the signals of different frequencies to those first conductors, between which N ones of the first conductors are interposed, N being a predetermined integer equal to or greater than 0; a second conductor selection circuit configured to selectively receive detection signals from the second conductors; and a signal detection circuit configured to obtain signals of individual frequencies, corresponding to the signals of different frequencies produced by the multi-frequency signal production circuit, which are representative of coupling states at cross points between the first conductors and the second conductors and are received from said second conductor selection circuit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321314 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a pointer detection apparatus, including: a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction; a multi-frequency signal production circuit configured to produce a plurality of signals of different frequencies; a first conductor selection circuit configured to selectively supply the signals of different frequencies to those first conductors, between which N ones of the first conductors are interposed, N being a predetermined integer equal to or greater than 0; a second conductor selection circuit configured to selectively receive detection signals from the second conductors; and a signal detection circuit configured to obtain signals of individual frequencies, corresponding to the signals of different frequencies produced by the multi-frequency signal production circuit, which are representative of coupling states at cross points between the first conductors and the second conductors and are received from said second conductor selection circuit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321315 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a pointer detection apparatus, including: a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction; a multi-frequency signal production circuit configured to produce a plurality of signals of different frequencies; a first conductor selection circuit configured to selectively supply the signals of different frequencies to those first conductors, between which N ones of the first conductors are interposed, N being a predetermined integer equal to or greater than 0; a second conductor selection circuit configured to selectively receive detection signals from the second conductors; and a signal detection circuit configured to obtain signals of individual frequencies, corresponding to the signals of different frequencies produced by the multi-frequency signal production circuit, which are representative of coupling states at cross points between the first conductors and the second conductors and are received from said second conductor selection circuit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321316 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation display unit that displays a display screen and detects detection information that changes in accordance with a user operation performed on the display screen; an operation determination unit that determines, in accordance with the detection information, whether an operation has been performed on an operation target displayed on the display screen; a selection unit that selects an image to be displayed, in accordance with a determination result from the operation determination unit; an area-where-arrangement-is-not-to-be-performed setting unit that sets an area where arrangement is not to be performed, in accordance with the determination result from the operation determination unit and the detection information; and an arrangement processing unit that arranges the image to be displayed, in an area where arrangement can be performed, in accordance with the selected image to be displayed and the set area where arrangement is not to be performed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321317 | METHODS FOR BROWSING IMAGE DATA AND SYSTEMS USING THE SAME - Methods for browsing image data and systems using the same are provided. First, all or a part of image data is browsed in a display unit. Each of the image data has attribute data. Then, one of the image data displayed in the display unit is determined, and the attribute data of the determined image data is obtained. The obtained attribute data is displayed in the display unit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321318 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided in which a touch panel and a liquid crystal display panel are placed under a front window. A touch-panel flexible wiring substrate is connected to the touch panel, and a main flexible wiring substrate is connected to the liquid crystal display panel. The main flexible wiring substrate includes a touch-panel control IC and a touch-panel electronic component group to control the touch panel. The touch-panel flexible wiring substrate includes only lines. In this configuration, there is only one flexible wiring substrate, or the main flexible wiring substrate, on which the electronic components are mounted. As a result, the production cost of the liquid crystal display device as a whole can be reduced. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321319 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND UPDATING A VIEW OF A GRAPHICAL SCENE IN RESPONSE TO COMMANDS VIA A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - A man-machine interface using a touch-sensitive device as an interface to a computer device is presented, wherein simple gestures made by a user are interpreted by the computer device as commands to be performed in respect to at least a part of a virtual environment shown on the display. Each sequence of gestures begins with an initial touch on the touch-sensitive device and may involve a number of subsequent gestures. A command thus given is applied to the part of the virtual environment on the display. The action of the command continues until the gesture is ended by the user removing contact from the touch-sensitive device, thus ending the command. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321320 | TOUCH PANEL WITH DISCHARGING FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a touch panel with a discharging function, which comprises a scanning bus, a sensing bus, a control unit, and a discharging circuit. The scanning bus is used for scanning a touch frame. The sensing bus interleaves with the scanning bus, and senses at least a touched location on the touch frame. The control unit is coupled to the scanning bus and the sensing bus | 2010-12-23 |
20100321321 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display, adjusting a first threshold based on detected conditions during the touch, comparing a value related to the touch on the touch-sensitive display to the first threshold, and when the value related to touch meets the first threshold, turning off the display. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321322 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TOUCH INPUT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for setting a control command in response to a touch area and controlling an application in a portable terminal through a simple touch input is provided. The apparatus includes a control command determination unit and a control unit. The control command determination unit detects a control command of an application corresponding to an area touched by a user when a touch input is sensed while the application works. The control unit controls an operation of the working application by using the control command detected by the control command determination unit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING MULTI-TOUCH INPUT ERROR IN PORTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for correcting a touch input error of a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes an icon position selector for arranging only one icon in one cell in a touch screen panel divided into a plurality of cells. Accordingly, the occurrence of a touch input error is reduced. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321324 | ULTRASONOGRAPH - Disclosed is a technology that prevents a part of a touch panel-equipped display displaying an ultrasonic tomographic image from getting dirty with a fingerprint or scratch when using a drag operation to change the content of the ultrasonic tomographic image displayed on the touch panel-equipped display. According to this technology, the display screen is divided into an ultrasonic image area A | 2010-12-23 |
20100321325 | TOUCH AND DISPLAY PANEL ANTENNAS - Electronic devices such as computers and handheld devices are provided. The electronic devices may have electrical components such as touch pads and displays. The displays may be touch screen displays. The touch pads and touch screen displays may be formed from touch panels having touch sensors mounted to a planar dielectric member. The displays may be formed from light-emitting structures mounted to a planar dielectric member. The planar dielectric members in the touch panels and displays may have one or more antenna traces that form antennas for the electronic devices. Electrical connectors such as spring-loaded pins, springs, and flexible transmission line structures may be used to form radio-frequency signal paths between the antenna traces on a planar dielectric member and radio-frequency transceiver integrated circuits mounted on a circuit board in an electronic device. The electronic device may have conductive housing walls to which the planar dielectric member is mounted. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321326 | Direct Connect Single Layer Touch Panel - A substantially transparent touch sensor panel having co-planar single-layer touch sensors and traces fabricated on a single side of a substrate for detecting single or multi-touch events. The touch sensor elements can be fabricated in columns and rows, with each sensor element in a row adjacent to a sensor element in a column. By using a board as the dielectric to connect traces from multiple sensor elements in each row, rather than using a dielectric layer on the substrate upon which the sensor elements and traces are formed, the sensor elements and traces on the substrate can be formed by simply patterning a single layer of conductive material on the substrate, which can simplify the manufacturing process of the substrate from a complexity and cost perspective. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321327 | TOUCH SENSITIVE IPS LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A touch sensitive in-plane switching (IPS) liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a liquid crystal layer, an active-matrix transistor layer with an electrode pair, a color filter substrate, and a sensing electrode layer. The sensing electrode layer may be disposed above or below the color filter substrate, and the sensing electrode layer may include two parts that are disposed above and below the color filter layer respectively. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321328 | COORDINATES ALGORITHM AND POSITION SENSING SYSTEM OF TOUCH PANEL - A position sensing system of a touch panel including a sensing unit and a decision unit is provided. When the touch panel is touched, the sensing unit obtains the sensing capacitances of p x-directional sensing lines and q y-directional sensing lines, wherein the sensing capacitances generated by these sensing lines exceed a threshold. The decision unit takes the central coordinates of the sensing lines with peak sensing capacitances as an x base coordinate and a y base coordinate, and adjusts the x base coordinate and the y base coordinate according to the ratios of the sensing capacitances of the other sensing lines to the peak sensing capacitance respectively to obtain an interpolated x coordinate and an interpolated y coordinate. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321329 | Touch Panel and Touch Panel Type Display Device - The present invention is related to a touch panel comprising: a first base that includes a first resistance film; a second base that includes a second resistance film; a conductor that is electrically connected to at least one of the first resistance film and the second resistance film; and a spacer that is interposed in a first facing area where the first resistance film faces the second resistance film. The spacer is also interposed in a second facing area where at least one of the first resistance film and the second resistance film faces the conductor. The present invention may further include an insulating film interposed in the second facing area, instead of the spacer interposed in the second facing area. The component materials of the insulating film are the same as those of the spacers. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321330 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch panel which is used as an input device for an electronic device, etc., and an electronic device including the touch panel are provided. A touch panel includes a first substrate, and a second substrate spaced from the first substrate by a distance and having a contact surface. A fluid is filled in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an input button area is delimited due to movement of the fluid when a driving voltage is applied. If a thickness of the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate is reduced below a threshold thickness value in the input button area, the driving voltage is cut off. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321331 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - A pointer detection apparatus includes a conductor pattern with first conductors disposed in a first direction and second conductors disposed in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a code string signal production circuit for producing signals based on orthogonal code strings with phases different from each other and supplying the produced signals to the first conductors. The apparatus also includes a signal detection circuit connected to the second conductors for detecting a signal corresponding to a variation of electrostatic capacitance between the conductor pattern and a pointer, an analog to digital conversion (ADC) circuit for converting the signal output from the signal detection circuit into a digital signal comprising a word string of multiple bits, and a correlation detection circuit for determining correlation values between the code strings and the word string. The apparatus also includes a memory for storing correlation values successively output from the correlation detection circuit, wherein the pointer is detected based on the correlation values. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321332 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - A pointer detection apparatus includes a conductor pattern with first conductors disposed in a first direction and second conductors disposed in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a code string signal production circuit for producing signals based on orthogonal code strings with phases different from each other and supplying the produced signals to the first conductors. The apparatus also includes a signal detection circuit connected to the second conductors for detecting a signal corresponding to a variation of electrostatic capacitance between the conductor pattern and a pointer, an analog to digital conversion (ADC) circuit for converting the signal output from the signal detection circuit into a digital signal comprising a word string of multiple bits, and a correlation detection circuit for determining correlation values between the code strings and the word string. The apparatus also includes a memory for storing correlation values successively output from the correlation detection circuit, wherein the pointer is detected based on the correlation values. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321333 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - A pointer detection apparatus includes a conductor pattern with first conductors disposed in a first direction and second conductors disposed in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a code string signal production circuit for producing signals based on orthogonal code strings with phases different from each other and supplying the produced signals to the first conductors. The apparatus also includes a signal detection circuit connected to the second conductors for detecting a signal corresponding to a variation of electrostatic capacitance between the conductor pattern and a pointer, an analog to digital conversion (ADC) circuit for converting the signal output from the signal detection circuit into a digital signal comprising a word string of multiple bits, and a correlation detection circuit for determining correlation values between the code strings and the word string. The apparatus also includes a memory for storing correlation values successively output from the correlation detection circuit, wherein the pointer is detected based on the correlation values. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321334 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - A pointer detection apparatus includes a conductor pattern with first conductors disposed in a first direction and second conductors disposed in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a code string signal production circuit for producing signals based on orthogonal code strings with phases different from each other and supplying the produced signals to the first conductors. The apparatus also includes a signal detection circuit connected to the second conductors for detecting a signal corresponding to a variation of electrostatic capacitance between the conductor pattern and a pointer, an analog to digital conversion (ADC) circuit for converting the signal output from the signal detection circuit into a digital signal comprising a word string of multiple bits, and a correlation detection circuit for determining correlation values between the code strings and the word string. The apparatus also includes a memory for storing correlation values successively output from the correlation detection circuit, wherein the pointer is detected based on the correlation values. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321335 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch panel and an electronic device are provided. The touch panel includes a first substrate; a second substrate that is spaced apart from the first substrate by a gap and includes a contact surface; driving electrodes that are formed on each of the first substrate and the second substrate; and electro-rheological fluid that is disposed in the gap. When a driving voltage is applied between the driving electrodes, a button area is delimited due to a variation in viscosity of the electro-rheological fluid at the button area. When a thickness of the gap is reduced to a value equal to or less than a threshold due to a pressing force applied to the contact surface at the button area, the driving voltage is cut off. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321336 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSOR CIRCUIT - The invention discloses a touch input device and a touch sensor circuit. The touch input device includes a touch panel, a selection module and a differential detection module. The touch panel includes a plurality of capacitive nodes thereon. The selection module is electrically connected with the capacitive nodes of the touch panel. The selection module selects a first capacitive node and a second capacitive node from the capacitive nodes. The second capacitive node is close to the first capacitive node. The differential detection module, electrically connected to the selection module, is used for detecting a capacitance difference between the first capacitive node and the second capacitive node. According to the capacitance difference, the differential detection module generates a touch detection signal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321337 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH POSITION - An exemplary method for detecting touch position includes the steps of: detecting a plurality of sensing points, obtaining at least one first signal and a plurality of second signals on the sensing points, wherein the at least one first signal each has an energy above a preset threshold, the second signals each has an energy below the preset threshold, positions of the sensing points where the second signals being detected are successive with a position(s) of the sensing point(s) where the at least one first signal being detected; performing a weighted averaging operation applied to the energies of the at least one first signal and the second signals and taking a result of the weighted averaging operation as a first dimension coordinate of a touching point, wherein weights of the respective energies are associated with the positions of the sensing points where the at least one first signal and the second signals being detected. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321338 | DIGITIZER SYSTEM - An X-Y digitizer system is described for embedding within a host device, such as a tablet PC, a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant or the like. The digitizer is configurable so that it can detect and track the position of different types of position indicator. The digitizer also includes novel digitizer windings and novel excitation circuitry for energizing the windings. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321339 | Diffractive optical touch input - A display apparatus includes a display having a pixelated display surface and an opposed surface, and a substantially planar light guide structure having a light emitting surface that is optically coupled to the opposed surface of the display. The light emitting surface of the light guide structure has an array of gratings arranged as a plurality of sub-arrays of gratings. At least some of the gratings of a given sub-array are configured to emit display light towards the opposed surface of said display, and at least one of the gratings of the given sub-array is configured to emit non-display light (e.g., IR light) towards the opposed surface of the display and to receive non-display light that is at least one of reflected from and scattered by an object that is proximate to the pixelated display surface. The display apparatus also comprises a plurality of light sensors that are disposed along at least two edges of the light guide structure and that are configured to detect the received non-display light. The plurality of light sensors have outputs configured to be connected to a data processor that operates in accordance with a stored program to determine a location of the object on the pixelated display surface. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321340 | System and Method of Distinguishing Multiple Touch Points - The invention discloses a method of distinguishing multiple touch points applied to an optical touch system which includes a panel for indicating a first touch point and a second touch point thereon and a camera unit for capturing an image relative to the first touch point and the second touch point. The image has a first dark area and a second dark area corresponding to the first touch point and the second touch point respectively. In the method, if it is observed that the first dark area and the second dark area merge into a first single dark area and a second single dark area at current time and previous time respectively, the respective positions of the first dark area and the second dark area are determined based on the respective union dark area widths of the first single dark area and the second single dark area, and the respective coordinates of the first touch point and the second touch point are determined according to the respective positions of the first dark area and the second dark area. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321341 | PHOTO SENSOR, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE - The present invention provides a photo sensor, a method of forming the photo sensor, and a related optical touch device. The photo sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first silicon-rich dielectric layer and a second silicon-rich dielectric layer. The first silicon-rich dielectric layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode for sensing infrared rays, and the second silicon-rich dielectric layer is disposed between the first silicon-rich dielectric layer and the second electrode for sensing visible light beams. The multi-layer structure including the first silicon-rich dielectric layer and the second silicon-rich dielectric layer enables the single photo sensor to effectively detect both infrared rays and visible light beams. Moreover, the single photo sensor is easily integrated into an optical touch device to form optical touch panel integrated on glass. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321342 | OPTICAL TOUCHPAD DEVICE - An optical touchpad device includes an LCD display module having a light output surface for outputting a linearly polarized light, a sensor, and an image capturing module. The sensor is disposed in front of the light output surface, transparent, and of being anisotropy when a pressure is applied thereon; the image capturing module has a polarizer whose polarization direction is perpendicular to that of the linearly polarized light, wherein, the linearly polarized light transmits through the sensor when the pressure applied upon the sensor, double refracts to two bundles of light with different vibration directions according to the pressure, and forms an interference image which is then captured by the image capturing module after the two bundles of light transmitting through the polarizer, thereby coordinates of a position of the senor where an user applies the pressure at can be calculated. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321343 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch apparatus is disclosed. The optical touch apparatus comprises a light source emitting module, an optical module, a light sensing module, and a processing module. The optical module and the light sensing module are set around a surface of the optical touch apparatus. The light source emitting module sequentially emits scanning lights uniformly distributed above a direct scanned region of the surface according to a time sequence. When an object forms a touch point on the surface, the object will block the scanning lights and reflected lights reflected by the optical module. The light sensing module generates a sensing result according to the condition the light sensing module receives the scanning lights and the reflected lights. The processing module determines the position of the touch point according to the time sequence and the sensing result. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321344 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch system is disclosed. The optical touch system comprises a panel apparatus and an optical touch apparatus. The panel apparatus includes a first position and a second position. The optical touch apparatus includes a light emitting module, a light path adjusting module, a light sensing module, and a processing module. The light emitting module and the light sensing module are set on the first position and the second position respectively. The light emitting module emits a sensing light, and the sensing light is reflected by the light path adjusting module to form a reflected light. The light sensing module receives the reflected light and generates a sensing result according to whether the light sensing module receives the reflected light. The processing module determines the touch point position formed on the panel apparatus according to the sensing result. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321345 | DUAL PEN SYSTEM - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321346 | Electronic paper display device and method of driving the same - The present invention relates to an electronic paper display device and a method of driving the same. The electronic paper display device may include: an electronic paper panel that displays an image; and a vibration member that generates vibration of the electronic paper panel. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321347 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display panel according to the present invention includes a front panel including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an upper dielectric layer covering the first and second electrodes, and a rear panel including a lower dielectric layer covering a third electrode. An interval between the first electrode and the second electrode ranges from 0.4 to 0.95 times an interval between the upper dielectric layer and the lower dielectric layer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321348 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An display device includes: a substrate; a display unit comprising subpixels positioned on the substrate; signal lines arranged on the substrate; turn-on circuits connected to the signal lines and turning on the subpixels in response to a turn-on signal supplied through the signal lines; and dummy circuits connected to the signal lines and inducing external electricity introduced through the signal lines to be introduced therein earlier than in the turn-on circuits. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321349 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE - A plasma display apparatus for preventing electromagnetic interference is provided. The plasma display apparatus includes: a first substrate and a second substrate which face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween, a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes which are alternately arranged on the first substrate along a first direction, a plurality of address electrodes which are arranged on the second substrate along a second direction which intersects with the first direction, and an address driver which drives the plurality of address electrodes. At least one address electrode is connected to the address driver through one end of the second direction of the second substrate, and an address electrode neighboring the at least one address electrode is connected to the address driver through other end of the second direction of the second substrate. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321350 | DRIVING DEVICES, DISPLAY PANELS, DISPLAY DEVICES, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - A driving device outputting a plurality of sequentially asserted driving signals is provided, including a shift register, a buffer unit, and switch circuits. The shift register includes shift registering units coupled in series. The shift registering units respectively generate shift registering signals which are sequentially asserted. The buffer unit receives at least one input signal. The input signal is periodically asserted, and the buffer unit outputs the input signal. The switch circuits are coupled to the shift registering units to receive the shift registering signals, respectively. All of the switch circuits are coupled to the buffer unit to receive the input signal, and the switch circuits sequentially output the input signal to serve as the driving signals according to the assertion of the shift registering signals. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321351 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THEREOF - Provided is a display apparatus and method for displaying. The display apparatus includes: a control unit which controls a display unit to display a first graphic representing the display apparatus, a second graphic representing an external device, and a third graphic representing a connection status between the display apparatus and the external device, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to change the third graphic, if one or more external device is attached to the display apparatus. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321352 | PASSIVE CIRCUITS FOR DE-MULTIPLEXING DISPLAY INPUTS - A display array which can reduce the row connections between the display and the driver circuit and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device comprises an array of MEMS display elements and a plurality of voltage dividers coupled to the array and configured to provide row output voltages to drive the array, wherein each row is connected to at least two inputs joined by a voltage divider. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321353 | Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer between an upper substrate and a lower substrate, m×n liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix format according to a crossing structure of m/2 data lines and 2n gate lines, and thin film transistors respectively connected to the m×n liquid crystal cells; a data drive circuit supplying a data voltage to the data lines in response to a polarity control signal; a gate drive circuit sequentially supplying a gate pulse to the gate lines; and a POL logic circuit controlling the polarity control signal so that a phase of the polarity control signal varies every frame period. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321354 | AUDIO AND VIDEO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS HAVING MAIN BOARD ON WHICH SURFACE MOUNT TYPE CONNECTORS ARE MOUNTED - Provided is a video and audio reproduction apparatus including a display unit; a speaker unit; a main board; and a power supply unit, and the main board includes a printed circuit board; a first connector area which is formed on a front side of the printed circuit board; a second connector area which is formed on the front side of the printed circuit board; and a main chip which is surface-mounted on a back side of the printed circuit board. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321355 | DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING OPTICAL SENSOR, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING OPTICAL SENSOR - Provided are a display panel including an optical sensor that can correct output of an optical sensor according to a change in the environmental temperature, and a display device using the same. The display panel including an optical sensor has an active matrix substrate ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100321356 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, PHOTODETECTOR CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film transistor ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100321357 | Image Sensor and Image Sensor Integrated Type Active Matrix Type Display Device - To fabricate an active matrix type display device integrated with an image sensor at a low cost and without complicating process, an image sensor laminated with TFT and a light receiving unit is formed on a light receiving matrix, a display matrix is arranged with TFT and pixel electrodes on a matrix and formed with an electrode layer functioning as a black matrix, a lower electrode of the light receiving unit is formed by a starting film the same as that of the black matrix, a terminal for fixing potential of an upper electrode is formed by starting films the same as those of a signal line, the electrode layer or pixel electrodes and the terminals function also as shield electrodes for a side face of the light receiving unit since potential thereof is fixed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321358 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display replaces the common electrodes of a conventional LCD with a plurality of switch electrodes. The plurality of switch electrodes is grouped into several switch electrode sets. Each of the switch electrode sets' potential is modulated by a different driving circuit. The driving circuits can also separately modulate the potentials of the switch electrode sets according to the scanning sequence of the LCD. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321359 | COMMON VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT OF AN LCD - A common voltage generating circuit of an LCD includes a first flip-flop, a capacitor, a resistor and a regulating circuit. The first flip-flop receives a data-loading signal from the LCD, for outputting a step signal. The step signal forms a waveform voltage through the capacitor and the resistor. The regulating circuit inverts the waveform voltage and adjusts the magnitude and the DC level of the waveform voltage, for generating a common voltage. Compare to the common voltage of the color filter base plate, the common voltage generated by the common voltage generating circuit have the same frequency and magnitude, but opposite direction. Therefore, by generating the common voltage of opposite direction, the present invention eliminates crosstalk and improves uneven brightness of the displayed image. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321360 | Differential signal receiving circuit and display apparatus - A differential signal receiving circuit includes: a first differential circuit of a plurality of depletion type transistors of a first conductive type and having a first output node and a second output node; and a second differential circuit of a plurality of enhancement type transistors of a second conductive type opposite to the first conductive type, and having output nodes respectively connected with the first and second output nodes. An inverter circuit is connected between the first output node and the second output node. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321361 | Source driver - A source driver includes a gamma voltage generator and a digital to analog converter. The gamma voltage generator generates a plurality of gamma voltages, in which the gamma voltage generator includes a gamma resistor string, a second resistor, a plurality of first switches and a second switch. The first resistors are electrically connected serially for dividing a first gamma reference voltage and a second gamma reference voltage, in which the first resistors have first ends and second ends for providing gamma voltages. The second resistor has a first end electrically connected to the gamma resistor string and a second end receiving a third gamma reference voltage. The first switches are uniformly conducted to the first ends or the second ends of the first resistors according to a timing control signal for passing the gamma voltages. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321362 | Gamma Voltage Generator and Source Driver - A gamma voltage generator adapted in a source driver and a source driver adapted in a display panel are provided. The source driver comprises a DAC and a gamma voltage generator comprising a first and a second arithmetic circuit and a gamma voltage string. The first arithmetic circuit receives a first gamma reference voltage and at least one first tuning voltage to supply a first reference voltage. The second arithmetic circuit receives a second gamma reference voltage and at least one second tuning voltage to supply a second reference voltage. The gamma resistor string has two ends coupled to the first and the second arithmetic circuits to receive the first and the second reference voltages respectively to generate a plurality of gamma voltages. The DAC receives digital pixel data and the gamma voltages to generate a plurality of driving voltages to a pixel array of the display panel. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321363 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY - A plasma display panel driving device includes an electrode driving unit for generating a drive pulse to be applied to an electrode of a plasma display panel. The electrode driving unit has a plurality of switches. At least one of the plurality of switches is a switch device including a dual-gate semiconductor device. The dual-gate semiconductor device | 2010-12-23 |
20100321364 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A transflective liquid crystal display (TR LCD) including a display panel, a first reference voltage line and a second reference voltage line is disclosed. The display panel includes: a plurality of scan lines; a plurality of data lines, disposed substantially perpendicularly to the scan lines; a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, respectively coupled to a corresponding data line and a corresponding scan line. Each pixel has a transparent area and a reflection area, and each row of pixels is divided by definition into a first pixel-group and a second pixel-group. The above-mentioned first reference voltage line and second reference voltage line are respectively coupled to the reflection areas of the pixels of the first pixel-group and the second pixel-group of each row of pixels for respectively receiving a first reference voltage signal and a second reference voltage signal, wherein both the reference voltage signals are time-varying or periodic. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321365 | DISPLAY PANELS - A display panel is provided and includes a display unit and a control unit. The display unit is coupled to a data line and a first scan line. In the display unit, a liquid crystal capacitor is coupled between a pixel electrode and a first common line, and a storage capacitor is coupled between the pixel electrode and a second common line. The control unit receives first and second common voltages and is controlled by first and second control voltage signals and first and second scan signals which are respectively on the first scan line and a second scan line and driven sequentially. The control unit changes the voltage level of the second common line by a two-step manner according to the first and second common voltages. Through feed-through effect of the storage capacitor, the voltage level of the pixel electrode is changed to a desired level. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321366 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - An active matrix display device includes: pixels (PIX) each of which includes a plurality of subpixels ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100321367 | DISPLAY DRIVER AND THRESHOLD VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A display driver drives a display in which each pixel includes a light-emitting element, a transistor that supplies current to the light-emitting element, and a capacitor that controls the transistor. To determine the threshold voltage of the transistor, the display driver charges the capacitor to an initial voltage, then allows the capacitor to discharge through the transistor, measures the time that elapses until the capacitor reaches a reference voltage intermediate between the initial voltage and the threshold voltage, and calculates the threshold voltage from the elapsed time. This measurement method is quick and does not require an analog-to-digital converter. The measured values are used to generate correction data to compensate for threshold voltage shifts. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321368 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A transreflective liquid crystal display device includes an upper substrate ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100321369 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY EQUIPPED WITH THE DEVICE - The present invention provides a backlight device that can ensure the margin for design of the placement of a circuit board by simplifying the configuration of a lighting circuit of a lamp and reducing the size of the circuit board on which circuit components are mounted, and a display device using the backlight device. The backlight device includes a lamp ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100321370 | Display system and source driver thereof - A source driver includes a gamma voltage generator, in which the gamma voltage generator includes a first gamma resistor string and a second gamma resistor string. The first gamma resistor string receives a first gamma reference voltage and generates a plurality of first gamma voltages. The second gamma resistor string receives a second gamma reference voltage and generates a plurality of second gamma voltages, in which the second gamma voltages have different voltage values from the first gamma voltages. The switch circuit selects the first gamma voltages or the second gamma voltages as output gamma voltages according to a timing control signal. The digital to analog converter selects one of the output gamma voltages as a driving voltage corresponding to a received digital pixel data for driving a first pixel region or a second pixel region of the sub-pixel. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321371 | METHOD OF DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL, AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of driving a plasma display panel of the present invention, is a driving method of a display panel including plural display electrode pairs ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100321372 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY - Each stage of first and second shift registers outputs a scan pulse by transferring a clock pulse of a clock signal supplied through a first clock input terminal. A first transistor is provided in at least one embodiment so as to connect and disconnect a scan signal line corresponding to the individual stage to and from a low-level power source of the scan pulse, and the first transistor has a gate that receives a clock signal supplied through a second clock input terminal. Two clock signals supplied to the first shift register and two clock signals supplied to the second shift register are different from each other in timings of their clock pulses. This realizes a display device capable of curbing the phenomenon in which a threshold voltage of a sink-down transistor is shifted, while sinking the gate line voltage down. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321373 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a method for controlling an image display apparatus provided with a display panel including electron emitting devices connected to scan wirings and modulation wirings and light emitting members for emitting light by irradiation with electrons, a modulation voltage pulse is generated such that its pulse width becomes longer than that of a scan voltage pulse, and the modulation voltage pulse is started to be output before start of output of the scan voltage pulse whereas it is ended after end of the output of the scan voltage pulse. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321374 | Method and apparatus for reducing driver energy consumption - Method and apparatus for reducing driver energy consumption of drivers of a display device each supplied by an input codeword as e.g. for data drivers of a plasma display panel supplied by sequences of subfield data bits in form of a codeword comprising a predetermined number of bits are recommended, wherein the apparatus comprises a driver transition energy limitation circuit for toggling bits of the input codeword applied to the driver transition energy limitation circuit and providing a codeword reducing the driver energy consumption. A toggle map, which is generated from a combination of a transition map determining a bit in the input codeword if toggled reduces energy consumption and a flag map determining a number of least significant bits exceeding a cell energy limit value, is applied to an input codeword for the driver to toggle bits of said input codeword for reducing driver energy consumption without a perceivable image quality degradation. Method and apparatus are advantageously applicable for driver overheat protection and eco mode to reduce driver energy consumption without a perceivable image quality degradation. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321375 | INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information reproducing apparatus includes: a reproduction controller which generates a stop period discerning signal for discerning a stop period in which output of an image signal to a display section is stopped and outputs the generated stop period discerning signal with the image signal; and a display controller which controls the output of the image signal to the display section, the display controller discerning the stop period on the basis of the stop period discerning signal, stopping the output of the image signal to the display section in the stop period, and enabling the output of the image signal in an effective period other than the stop period. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321376 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a display section, an image signal drive circuit, a scan signal drive circuit, a common electrode potential control circuit, and a synchronous circuit. The display section has scan electrodes, image signal electrodes, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, a plurality of switching elements for transmitting an image signal to the pixel electrodes, and a common electrode. The common electrode potential control circuit changes an electric potential of the common electrode into a pulse shape, after the scan signal drive circuit has scanned all the scan electrodes and the image signal has been transmitted to the pixel electrodes. Otherwise, the image signal is overdriven. Otherwise, torque for returning to a no-voltage-application state is increased. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321377 | System and method for integrating multiple virtual rendering systems to provide an augmented reality - There is provided a system and method for integrating multiple virtual rendering systems to provide an augmented reality. There is provided a method for integrating multiple virtual rendering systems for outputting a composite render to a display, comprising obtaining a first environment data from a first virtual rendering system using a first camera view, obtaining a second environment data from a second virtual rendering system using a second camera view, rendering the composite render by processing the first environment and the second environment, and outputting the composite render to the display. Additionally, the first environment data and second environment data may depend on synchronized or corresponding inputs, and display priority algorithms or masking algorithms may be used to determine virtual and real object display priority. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321378 | Computer Method and Apparatus Providing Interactive Control and Remote Identity Through In-World Proxy - Computer method and apparatus render views of a computer generated virtual world to a remote viewer. The invention method and apparatus establish an avatar of a resident user as a proxy on behalf of the remote viewer. The computer node of the resident user exports proxy avatar views of the virtual world to the remote viewer. The remote viewer computer renders the exported virtual world views without executing virtual world application programs. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321379 | SERVER FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENTS AND METHOD THEREOF, AND TERMINAL FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a 3D contents providing service. A 3D contents providing server includes a 3D contents providing request receiver for receiving a 3D contents providing request through a communication network, a subscriber manager for checking a communication terminal to which the 3D contents will be provided when the 3D contents providing request is received, a 3D contents selecting extractor for receiving 3D contents selecting information to be provided to the checked communication terminal and extracting the selected 3D contents, and a 3D contents provider for providing the extracted 3D contents to the communication terminal, and the 3D contents include side information provided to the communication terminal and output by the communication terminal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321380 | Image Processing Method and Associated Apparatus for Rendering Three-dimensional Effect Using Two-dimensional Image - An image processing method for rendering a three-dimensional by transforming a first quadrilateral image to a second quadrilateral image is provided, with at least one of the first and second quadrilateral images being a trapezoidal image. The image processing method includes providing the first quadrilateral image, generating coordinates of four vertices associated with the second quadrilateral image according to the first quadrilateral image and the three-dimensional effect; determining a relative height and a relative width according to a height and a width of the first quadrilateral image and the coordinates of the four vertices; and generating a plurality of pixel values of the second quadrilateral image with reference to a plurality of pixel values of the first quadrilateral image according to the relative height and the relative width. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321381 | Image Processing Method and Associated Apparatus for Rendering Three-dimensional Effect Using Two-dimensional Image - An image processing apparatus is for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) effect by transforming a first quadrilateral image to a second quadrilateral image. The apparatus includes a target image determining unit, a block determining unit and a graphic unit. The target image determining unit generates an outline associated with the second quadrilateral image according to the first quadrilateral image and the 3D effect. The block determining unit divides an area within the outline into a plurality of second blocks and correspondingly determines a plurality of first blocks from the first quadrilateral image. The graphic unit scales image data of the first blocks to respectively generate image data of the second blocks to obtain the second quadrilateral image. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INJECTION OF MAPPING FUNCTIONS - A method and system for improving display quality by injecting a portion of computer code into an existing compositor, using the portion of computer code to apply a mapping function to a first digital image, and forming a second digital image based upon the first digital image as adapted by applying the applied mapping function in the compositor. The second digital image may then be displayed to a viewer via one or more displays where each display forms a part of the displayed digital image. The result may be used for creation of blended or stereoscopic images. The mapping function may be also adapted for modification of geometry or correction of a characteristic (such as color, intensity, etc.) of the display system where such characteristic may be sensed using a detector. The portion of code may be injected into a graphics driver controlling hardware composition for a displayed digital image. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321383 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING OPERATION OF OBJECT AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - An image processing apparatus comprises a simulation unit which performs a simulation of operation of an object and a display unit which generates based on a result of the simulation an image in which a virtual object is operating and displays the image. The apparatus further comprises a calculating unit which calculates a position and orientation of a predetermined part of an observer who observes the virtual object being displayed, and a generating unit which generates a parameter for use in the simulation based on the position and orientation of the predetermined part of the observer and the position and orientation of the virtual object. This structure makes it possible to set parameters of simulation in a virtual-reality or mixed-reality space through manipulation performed by the observer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321384 | Method, Arrangement and Computer Program for Visualising a Biochemical Pathway - The present invention relates to a method of visualising a biochemical pathway, wherein said pathway represents a plurality of reaction stages linked by reaction steps. Said reaction stages are represented by nodes of said pathway. Said reaction steps are represented by links in between said nodes of said pathway. Node attributes of said nodes are retrieved from a database. Said method comprises the steps of: receiving at least one node attribute type indicating node attributes of a same nature; forming a plurality of collections of one or more nodes of said nodes, said one or more nodes of each collection having same node attributes of said received attribute type; and visualising said pathway on display means in at least three dimensions, wherein collections are distinguishably visualised from each other in at least one grouping dimension of said at least three dimensions. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321385 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMMERSIVE SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTING AN AUTOMATION CONTROL ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented system for representing a production environment comprises a modeling module that creates a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a production environment. The system also includes a view module that renders a graphical depiction of at least a portion of the three-dimensional model from a reference point that is based at least in part upon a location. Methods of using the system are also provided. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321386 | Indirect Binding With Segmented Thin Layers to Provide Shape-Preserving Deformations in Computer Animation - A method for use in deformation of an object. The method includes providing a high-resolution model of the object and providing a control cage for the model that includes control faces each defined by control vertices. The method includes generating a thin-layer segment for each of the control faces including extruding a set of the control vertices a distance toward the model. The method includes binding the control cage to the high resolution model based on the thin-layer segments. Each of the thin-layer segments includes a segmented mesh corresponding to a set of the control faces surrounding each face as it is used as seed for a segment. The method includes determining heat diffusion weights for the segments and using the weights along with mean value coordinates to statically bind the cage to the model and to determine influences of segments during deformation of the model with the cage. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321387 | Viewing Three Dimensional Digital Slides - Systems and methods for retrieving, manipulating, and viewing 3D image objects from 3D virtual microscope slide images (“3D digital slides”) are provided. An image library module provides access to the imagery data in a 3D digital slide and constructs 3D image objects that are coextensive with the 3D digital slide or a 3D sub-portion thereof. From within the 3D image object, cross layer planar views spanning various depths of the 3D digital slide are constructed as well as 3D prisms and other shaped image areas. The image library module allows a 3D image object to be sliced into horizontal and vertical views, skewed cross layer views and regular and irregular shaped 3D image areas for viewing by a user. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321388 | Temporal parallax induced display - A temporal parallax induced display includes the presentation of different views of a scene. The system likewise uses a model of the human visual system to modify the image to reduce the rocking artifacts. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321389 | System and method for rendering in accordance with location of virtual objects in real-time - There is provided a system and method for rendering in accordance with location of virtual objects in real-time. There is provided a method for persistent association of a graphic overlay with a virtual object in a displayable environment, comprising receiving a first three-dimensional coordinate of the virtual object in the displayable environment, determining a three-dimensional coordinate of the graphic overlay in accordance with the first three-dimensional coordinate of the virtual object, tracking a movement of the virtual object in the displayable environment by receiving one or more second three-dimensional coordinates of the virtual object, and modifying the three-dimensional coordinate of the graphic overlay in accordance with the one or more second three-dimensional coordinates of the virtual object. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSFORMATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO - A method of transforming a 3D video format of a 3D video, the method including receiving a video sequence comprising 3D video that includes left-viewpoint video and right-viewpoint video; estimating at least one of disparity information between the left-viewpoint video and the right-viewpoint video and correlation information between neighboring pixel values of the left-viewpoint video and the right-viewpoint video, and determining a 3D video format of the 3D video based on a result of the estimating; transforming the left-viewpoint video and the right-viewpoint video into a format, based on the determined 3D video format; and displaying the transformed left-viewpoint video and the transformed right-viewpoint video three-dimensionally on a the display device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321391 | COMPOSING SHAPES AND DATA SERIES IN GEOMETRIES - A renderable geometry the may be populated with shapes and data series. The geometry defines a set of dimensions to be applied to the shapes. The geometry further defines and enforces a construction of the shapes around the set of dimensions, and applies the data series to the plurality of shapes against at least one of the set of dimensions. The formulate of the geometry may be recursively performed. For instance, the geometry may be provided as a shape in a set of shapes provided to yet another geometry with another data series. The data series might be reversibly applied to one of the dimensions, allowing for complex geometries to be created with data represented in very flexibly ways. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321392 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SYMBOLS ON A MATRIX SCREEN - The invention relates to a device and a method for displaying symbols on a matrix screen. The device includes means ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100321393 | Font data streaming - Provided is a method for font data streaming for time-based video/audio presentations where content is transmitted in small increments and transmission continues while a previously transmitted portion is viewed or played. Different subsets of characters of the same font are assembled together on a device and previously sent characters are reused for rendering subsequent text strings. Font subsets are created to provide only a minimal number of glyphs for the character set coverage, thereby reducing the redundancy of font data transmission and reducing the total number of characters transmitted. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321394 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device includes: a first processing unit which asserts a first chip select signal or a second chip select signal in accordance with an address space to access; and a second processing unit accessible by the first processing unit by a first access method or a second access method, wherein when asserting the first chip select signal, the first processing unit accesses the second processing unit by the first access method, and when asserting the second chip select signal, the first processing unit accesses the second processing unit by the second access method. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321395 | DISPLAY SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display simulation system is provided having a flexible design for emulating and/or supporting any number of display types and/or display standards. The display simulation system may include one or more reference drivers that include a virtual graphics processing unit (GPU) and one or more virtual frame buffer drivers. In one embodiment, the display simulation system may implement a virtual display in response to a user selection input. For instance, the user selection input may initiate a simulated hot-plug event on the display simulation system. Based upon the user selection, an appropriate display profile corresponding to the selected display type or standard may be loaded by the display driver. In this manner, the display simulation system may provide for user interaction with the virtual display, such as for testing, verification, benchmarking, or development purposes. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321396 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING MONITOR SCENE MODES - Systems and methods for automatically switching scene modes of a monitor may comprise processes and corresponding modules for sending a request to a driver to activate hardware modules of a graphics processing unit (GPU) based on a requirement of a launched application program and then recording identifiers of the activated hardware modules on a list. A record of a scene mode associated with one or more activated hardware modules on the list is located within a scene mode profile table and then the corresponding monitor parameters previously associated with the scene mode are read. The monitor is then automatically adjusted according to the monitor parameters read. | 2010-12-23 |
20100321397 | Shared Virtual Memory Between A Host And Discrete Graphics Device In A Computing System - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a device that has a device processor and a device memory. The device can couple to a host with a host processor and host memory. Both of the memories can have page tables to map virtual addresses to physical addresses of the corresponding memory, and the two memories may appear to a user-level application as a single virtual memory space. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-12-23 |